Boot and shoe



0. E. LEWIS, BOOT AND SHOE.

(No Model.)

No.'283,263. Patented 14, 188-3;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO nQLEwIs, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Boer AND SHOE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,263, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed March 2, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern: l

Be it known that I, ORLANDO E. Lnwis, of Columbus, county of Franklin, State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to that class of boots and shoes in which the upper is turned outwardly about the fore part, and has for its object improvements in the method of uniting the soles, upper, and welt, and of applying a box-toe, as will be hereinafter described. In this my invention the inner sole is channeled to form a shoulder and seat for the outwardlyturned upper, and the leather is held down in the said channel by a welt-strip made thickest at its inner edge next the upper, to thus-enable the upper to be kept firmly up to the nel in the inner sole, and yet the outer or exposed edges of the superimposed soles, upper, and Welt are not made unduly thick orbulky.

The boX-toe has one or' more prongs extended each through. a suitable slit made in theinner sole, each prong being turned under the said sole and secured to it preferably by means of a tack, the prongs being subsequently covered by the outer sole. I

Figure 1, in side elevation, shows a ladys boot embodying my invention Fig. 2, a section on the dotted line m m,- Fig. 3, a section view of the slip-sole, showing the prongs'of the box-toe inserted through slits in the said sole; Fig. 5, an end view of a piece of leather, showing how it will be out to form a welt; and Fig. 6, an under side view of the box-toe.

The upper a is and may be of any usual ma- The inner sole, b, from the point 0, Fig. 1, backward, is covered by the upper turned under its side edges, asusual in ladies boots, but from such point forward toward and about the fore part and toe thereof the said sole is channeled, as shown in Fig. 2, the channel being sunk deeper at its inner than at its outer side, leaving a shoulder, d,

against which the upper is drawn closely as The inward inclination of the bottom of thechannel,in connection with the welt thickened at one edge, aids materially in keeping the upper pressed up toward and against the shoulder d, thus making a close tight joint to exelude water and dust, and the thin outer edge of the welt does not unnecessarily thicken or make bulky the edge of the sole, and at the same time thickening the welt makes the shoe stronger. r

I prefer to make the welt by splitting a piece of sole or heavy leather, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 5. The welt, inner sole, and channeled outer sole, f, and outwardly-turned up per. are connected together by one or morelines of stitches, g, extended through them. The box-toe 71 of leather or other suitable material,has ears or prongs 2, which are extended through slits or slots made in the inner sole, 5, back from its edge, and the said ears or prongs are bent under the inner sole, and secured thereto by a tack or other suitable fastening, m. This box-toe is applied to the inner sole before the upper is connected therewith, and the material of the box-toe so applied does not receive through it the stitches or fastenings which unite the soles and upper.

In the drawings I have shown the shoe as having two soles but I might, if desired, make the channel to receive the upper in the upper side of the outer sole, instead of in the inner sole, and use a short inner sole extended from the heel only to the-point where the upper commences to turn outward in front of the shank, such modification producing a singlesole shoe.

I claim g l 1. A boot or shoe composed of an inner sole channeled from its edge toform a shoulder, d,

made deeper at its inner than at its outer end, an upper, a welt made thickest at its inner edge next the upper, and an outer sole, the said upper welt and inner sole and outer sole being joined about the fore part-of the boot or shoe bymeans of suitable so1e-fastenings,g, extended through them, as described.

2. The box-toe provided with ears or prongs 2, combined with the inner sole provided with slits to receive the said ears or prongs, substantially as described.

3. The outwardly-turned upper and rand and outer sole and inner sole, slotted, as described, back from its edge, and united to- 

